Posted March 31, 2015in Belly Up To...
The struggle of being an adult is real: you have kids, but your friends want you to go out and grab a couple of drinks. The problem is that the babysitter is sick, and Mom and Dad are out of town. So weekend after weekend, you have to tell your
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Posted March 25, 2015in What's Brewing?
Des Moines is creeping out of the dreary winter days and dancing into those long awaited, warm summer days. That means it’s time to drop the stouts and amber beers and grab something more seasonally festive. Most people first think of a shandy or a lager for summertime, but there
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Posted March 25, 2015in News of the Weird
Even dangerous felons sometimes serve short sentences, but Benito Vasquez-Hernandez, 58 — guilty of nothing — has been locked up for nearly 900 days (as of early March) as a “material witness” in a Washington County, Oregon, murder case. The prosecutor is convinced that Vasquez-Hernandez saw his own son, Eloy,
Read More →Toto “Toto XIV” Frontiers Chances are very good that if you still think of Toto at all, the album you think of is “Toto IV,” and its two No. 1 singles, “Rosanna” and “Africa.” If that is what you are yearning for as you fire up “Toto XIV,” then prepare
Read More →The Iowa State Fair continues to roll out its Grandstand acts for this year’s edition. Latest to be added to the list: “All About That Bass” singer Meghan Trainor. Trainor will take to the stage on Saturday, Aug. 22, with opening act and ticket prices still to be determined as
Read More →The National Football League just can’t seem to keep its players’ names out of the papers. San Francisco 49ers fullback Bruce Miller was arrested on March 5 for domestic abuse. Miller, 27, was arrested around midnight in Northern California and was fined $2,000. He could face jail time. The 49ers
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Posted March 25, 2015in Center Stage
For a minute halfway into “My Name is Asher Lev,” nothing matters so much as a shadow. The dark profile of the title character, a budding artist, falls across a blank canvas, while his mentor prods him to do better — to leave his mark. What’s more, the shadow evokes
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Posted March 25, 2015in Civic Skinny
Nick Klinefeldt for Congress? The U.S. Attorney is the guy that the Democratic Party in Washington wants to run against first-term Republican Congressman David Young. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee thinks Klinefeldt could win — he’s young and smart and solid and has no known political baggage — and the
Read More →“My Name is Mary Sutter” is the story of a strong-willed young midwife from Albany, New York, who is determined to become a surgeon at a time when women were largely barred from that career path. When the Civil War breaks out, Mary defies her mother by traveling to Washington,
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Posted March 25, 2015in Locker Room
If you’ve got the need for speed or are simply a glutton for auditory punishment, make your way to the Iowa State Fairgrounds this Friday and Saturday. The Prairie Tractor Pullers Spring Shootout has all kinds of crazy Mini Rods running on two side-by-side tracks that are sure to please
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